Three players are very hot and have good history at this event: Justin Rose, John Rollins and Hunter Mahan. That is a very easy threesome to add a Team Nike member to. See below for their breakdown.

This should be fun.

At the RBC Heritage (the week after the Masters), we had a Graeme McDowell win with Luke Donald and Webb Simpson finishing right behind him. That looks amazing on paper. Unfortunately, the Masters was such an emotional high, it was hard for anything to live up to that incredible finish at Augusta. This week should be fun, though!

Here are some past Travelers Champions who are in the field this week:

Stephen Ames
Cut here in 2011. Last two starts were 56th at St. Jude and 48th at the Byron Nelson.

Seung-yul Noh
His last two starts were not pretty, CUT at St. Jude and WD at Memorial.
However, at this event, SY finished 18th here in 2012 in his only appearance.

Carl Pettersson
CPetts has made his last 5 cuts at this event, finishing 24th, 34th, 37th, 15th and 31st. Not bad.
He’s also made his last 3 cuts on tour, finishing 41st at the US Open, 29th at Memorial and 35th at Colonial. Solid stuff from the Swedish Swoosher!

Kyle Stanley
He made the cut at the US Open, but finished dead last with a 78 and 85 on the weekend. Before that he finished 3rd at Memorial.
He’s played at this event three times, 60th in 2012, CUT in 2011 and 19th in 2009.

Other Nike athletes in the field; NONE

John Rollinsrecent finishes – 6th St. Jude, 4th Colonial, 21st Byron Nelson
Last two starts at this event: 4th in 2012 and 2nd in 2011.

I love the field this week. I really think Colsaerts and Poulter could do well, but clearly people who have played this course before win, so that is the basis of my picks. It would be pretty awesome if Rose won back-to-back events, though. I will commend you if you pick him.